The"green land grab" in apaa village of Amuru district, Northern Uganda : power, complexities and consequencies.

Auteur: 

Eria Serwajja

Date de publication: 

16 Mars 2018

Mots-clefs: 

  • green land grab
  • Apaa village
  • local communities
  • Loss of rights to land

Publié ici : 

11 Avril 2018

Mis à jour le : 

11 Avril 2018

Langue de publication: 

  • Anglais

Zone géographique: 

  • Afrique
IFRA - Nairobi (Kenya)

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The"green land grab" in apaa village of Amuru district, Northern Uganda : power, complexities and consequencies.
By Eria Serwajja

in Mambo! Volume XV, (2) 2018

Introduction
Seizure of community land in Uganda by foreign companies for environmental ends - dubbed as ‘green
land grabbing’ (Corson & MacDonald, 2012) - is on the rise. As of 2017, several foreign companies acquire concessions to run private wildlife conservancies in Uganda (Tenywa, 2017).
While this could be a ‘development opportunity’ (Cotula et al., 2009), deprivation of the rural poor from land in violent ways could stifle development (Deng, 2011). This study contributes to debates on ‘green land grabbing’. It also shows the ways in which the Ugandan state is central in facilitating the enclosure of community land and fostering of capital accumulation by private foreign individuals. Further, it illustrates how wildlife conservation has accentuated marginalisation by divorcing the rural poor from the primary means of production (land). This could rekindle the silent Lord Resistance Army (LRA) conflict.

Methodology and study area description 
Contextualising the green land grab in Apaa district
Timelines of cycles of displacement in Apaa village
Responses by local communities
Impacts of the evictions on the local communities in Apaa village
Destruction of property
Loss of life and imprisonment of youths
Loss of rights to land
Conclusion

Biography
Eria Serwajja is a Lecturer at the Development Studies Department of Makerere University, Uganda.
He holds Master of Philosophy Degree in Development Studies from the Norwegian University of Science
and Technology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning from Makerere University. His research
interests include land and agrarian transformation, large and small-scale land grabbing, the extractive industry including oil and gas, and small-scale artisanal mining. 

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